I know this is my second time posting this year and both reviews have been complaining about books. But I can’t help myself. I checked Article 5 out of the library just about a month ago and picked up the book the minute I got home from school. It seemed right up my alley. I love science fiction books, especially when they’re set in a dystopian future. When I saw the word “war” I jumped out of my seat and grabbed it before anyone else could. […]
Welcome to Your Tape
Like many people I binged watched Netflix’s Thirteen Reasons Why when it came out; I’d hoped read the book ahead of time but my library had a wait-list. The series and the novel are incredibly different, sure the same beats are hit but the series expands around the bare bones of the novel to justify thirteen episodes. “No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.” So Clay […]
I feel like this was a massively missed opportunity to really open up some important discussions. But I don’t know how I would change it.
Ok. So. I know this book has been talked about a lot lately, and that the Netflix show is getting a lot of attention — both positive and negative. The middle school sent a note home to all parents warning us about the intensity of the show, and that if our kids wanted to watch it that we should watch with them and then have a dialogue about what we saw. Fine. I know bunnybean’s friends have been watching, so I figured I’d see what […]
Boulders, Heartstrings, and thoughts on The Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
*Note: This review was completed in 2017 before the author’s views towards our trans siblings began to be widely known. My reading experience was what it was and these reviews will remain up, but it should be noted that I find her TERF values abhorrent, which have only become more clear over time, and her doubling down in Summer 2020 has made the decision to walk away from her as a creative force the only acceptable choice for me. I will no longer be supporting […]
Paper Capes and Spandex Gods
Despite my admittedly less than sophisticated taste in literature, I never expected to write about a children’s book for Cannonball Read. However, I was recently introduced to The Man in the Ceiling while I was helping my mom clean out my brother’s room and discovered it among his various childhood artifacts. As I know Jules Feiffer from his brilliant political and satirical cartoons in the Village Voice and from illustrating one of my own childhood favorites The Phantom Tollbooth, I was intrigued. With my brother’s […]
Make Good Trouble
The March Trilogy, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, is a first-hand account of the civil rights movement in the United States as told by one of its leaders, Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. These graphic novels span the years 1960-65 and are presented as John Lewis’ recollections on January 20, 2009 — the day of President Obama’s first inauguration. This is an amazing memoir that is not only accessible to young readers, but would most likely be an eye-opener […]
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